Monday 25 January 2010

There are many human figures.A good number of the men have raised hair, of these the most elegant is the figure of a man whose left hand is unnaturally long and reaching his feet.

Another man has a square shaped and spiral belly.Some of the figures are wearing masks and heavy garments.

The figure of a women have head is simplified into a cross, and another cross is marked on her hips. Another figure of a women shown standing on a platform.
In rock carvings we can identify crosses, triangles & tridents , squares, some with inner crosses & a rectangle divided into 9 square shaped chambers, stars, wheels, quatrefoils, spirals, whorls & volutes, plant motifs, pot shaped items , various animals, including ones resembling foxes, dogs& deer and the unmistakable outline of an elephant.
He identified the caves as a habitant of neolithic people on the basis of the scripts and pictures of the cave walls.

Mr. Fawcett writes that the carvings might have been the handiwork of Kurumbers[ a wayanad tribal community].